St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-23

moral rights; then coercion, driving just
discomfort under the surface and exciting
fiercer discomfort. Cheers. The wisest
policy was remedial legislation which would
destroy the roots of discomfort. In 1881,
when the coercion bill was passed, the
lumber Of evictiOnS rose enormously. The
NUMBER OF oUTRAGEs
Increased from no in February, 1881, to 479
in January, 1882, and to 531 in March.
Hear, hearl. He doubted whether the
excessive penal laws of the eighteenth
century did more injustice to Ireland than
did the agrarian laws of the present CEN
tury. Hear. hear. To ask urgency for
placing law upon the side of the landlords
was to shut the door of hope upon the ten
ants. His deliberate conviction was that
there had never been more wanton. graf
uitous and justifiable resort to the ever fail
ing. ever poisonous remedy of coercion.
Cheers. Mr.. Balfour accused Mr.. Morley
OF beSt0wing adverse criticisms and invec-
tives upon measure that was as
yet unknown. Mr.. Gladstone, in
1881, told the house to consider
not only the amount of crime
but the character and what it was aimed at.
The bill had been forced upon the govern
ment because the present current OF crime
the basis of order. 1t was begging the
question to tell the house there were some
bad landlords who opposed the bill. This
must be expected while human nature re-
mains what it is. Referring to the land
legislation Of the late government, Mr..
Balfour characterized it as humiliating
failure. The conversion of a section Of the
Liberals to home rule was confession of
that failure. The land bill about to be in
trOduced would make the working of the
act of 1881 far smoother, and give equita-
bic relief to tenants. Hear" He
would not pretend that the measure would
solve the land question. The only solution
of that was
A GREAT MEASURE
dealing with land purchase, which the gov
ernment was ready to introduce when the
opposition was prepared to receive it. In
the meantime. what chance was there of
| the restoration of the sanctity OF contracts
or respect for the law in Ireland unless the
| government was able to enforce the law.
The leaders Of the opposition, though now
| converted into friends of the National
| league knew that it was combination
aiming at illegal ends through terrorism?
| What hope was there for any scheme of
purchase if at the bidding of the league
the solemn compact entered into during
| the legislation of 1881 was to be deliberately
| broken. If parliament suffered that COM
| pact to be set at naught, the more Important
and serious compact of the settlement of
the land difficulty might be broken also.
| Every man who wished to stop short of
separation would be perfectly mad il he
followed the policy of Mr.. Morley. Let the
| government have the power to vindicate
| the existing law, and then respect for
future legislation would be insured.
| lCheers. Though neither Mr.. Smith nor
Mr.. BalfOur gave any explicit statement OF
the governments Irish measures to-day. an
analysis OF their speeches discloses the fact
| that
| A DEFINITE POLICY
has been decided on and fully elaborated.
covering all the legislation for Ireland that
the government would consent to propose.
The programme will open with the coercion
bill conjonted with a tenants relief bill to
be introduced in the house OF lords next
week. The relief proposals will consist of
giving tenants power to stay eviction by
declaring their inability to pay full rent
and wiping out the claim by surrender to
the bankruptcy court. A grand measure
! for land purchase will follow. This meas
ure is now known to be passed upon Mr..
Chamberlain's land bank scheme. If the
government should be defeated at any
point in the development of its policy
it will not resign, but will appeal TO the
country. The confident tone of
the ministerialists confirms the generally
accepted report that Mr.. Chamberlain and
Lord Harrington assisted in building the
scheme and approved the final structure,
The Parnelltes are eager to fight at every
stage, but they find the Gladstonians re-
luctant to support them. Instead of con-
testing the urgency motion to the utmost ex-
tremity, the Gladstonian whips, without
consulting the Parnellites, tonight arranged
with the government whips to divide OH the
Morley amendment on Thursday. thus open
ing the road to the passage of the coercion
bill before the Easter recess. The Parnell-
ties are disposed to disregard the whips.
and are arranging to continue the struggle
independently.